Freshwater

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In this Natural Inquirer Freshwater edition, you will learn many new things about Earth’s freshwater. As you read each article, think about your daily water use. You use clean freshwater for drinking, bathing, and cooking. Did you know that up to 60 percent of your body weight is water? Water not only keeps you healthy, it keeps the planet healthy!

FreshWaterLIVE

The "FreshWaterLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure" (http://www.freshwaterlive.org) brings the mysteries of freshwater to classrooms grades 4 to 8 through FREE webcasts, webinars, and online resources about the origins, travels, and perils of water from green forests and grasslands to household faucets.Check out previous LIVE programs at http://www.FSNatureLIVE.org and register your class to participate in the 2015–2016 FreshWaterLIVE adventure.